Indiana Attorney General Loses Appeal in Haitian Trafficking Investigation

Indiana attorney general loses appeal in Haitian trafficking investigation

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita lost an appeal to compel Evansville manufacturer Berry Global and a migrant support group to cooperate with a migrant labor trafficking investigation. (Photo by Leslie Bonilla Muñiz/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita can’t compel an Evansville manufacturer and migrant support group to cooperate with a human trafficking investigation in the absence of a specific allegation, the Indi…

Appeals Court Rejects Rokita’s Trafficking Subpoenas to Berry Global, Haitian Center

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a Vanderburgh County ruling refusing to enforce civil investigative demands Attorney General Todd Rokita issued to Berry Global Group and the Haitian Center of Evansville, holding that the Attorney General never had an investigation to conduct in the first place. The unanimous, published opinion was issued Monday in Todd Rokita, Indiana Attorney General v. Berry Global Group, Inc., and Haitian Center of …